SENIOR WOMEN BEAT SERBIA IN WORLD CUP TUNE-UP

Team Canada continues preparing for the FIBA Worlds

(Toronto, Ont. August 26) – Canada’s Senior Women’s National Basketball team continued their preparation for the FIBA World Championship for Women with a 73-54 win over Serbia in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czech Republic.

“Tonight was a good example of learning from past experiences,” said head coach Lisa Thomaidis. “We talked a lot about improving our ball-screen defense and our help-side. Our guards did a great job of putting pressure on Serbia and really got through the screens well.

“It was a great team win and everyone was contributing. [We had] very balanced scoring, a well-rounded team-effort on the offensive end but we really take pride in our defense and I thought that showed by holding Serbia to 54 points.”